Unicorn Jazz Eye See You: Choosing Kindness

By Lisa Caprelli

Book Overview

What if choosing kindness helped you see someone in a whole new way? EYE SEE YOU: Choosing Kindness is a vibrant children's picture book from the Unicorn Jazz(R) series that brings humor, friendship, and meaningful conversations to storytime. With expressive, graphic novel-style illustrations and lovable animal characters, this adventure invites children to celebrate differences and discover the power of their words.

Join Woof the Crow and Unicorn Jazz in a heartfelt story about choosing kindness over hurtful words. Their adventure encourages children to consider how they treat others, what makes each person unique, and why everyone deserves to feel seen and included.

Growing up brings big feelings and important decisions. How do you respond when someone seems different? What can you do when words hurt? How can you be yourself while helping someone else feel welcome? This imaginative story offers an approachable starting point for exploring those questions together.

Meaningful themes for everyday friendshipsPlayful illustrations with plenty to talk about

The book's graphic novel-like art, humor, and imaginative characters give children details to notice and ideas to share. Read together, pause to explore an illustration, or invite your child to describe how a character might be feeling.

Bring EYE SEE YOU into family reading time, classroom read-alouds, library storytime, or small-group discussions. Its themes offer natural connections to social-emotional learning, character education, friendship, and bullying prevention.

Parents and educators can use the story to start conversations about good choices. Counselors and therapists can use the characters to discuss feelings, self-esteem, and relationships.

From author Lisa Caprelli: Creator of Unicorn Jazz and a visiting author in schools, Lisa Caprelli shares stories that celebrate kindness, imagination, friendship, and self-esteem. EYE SEE YOU: Choosing Kindness brings those themes together in an adventure for young readers and the adults who read with them.

Share a story that invites children to see the good in others, value what makes them unique, and choose kindness, one everyday moment at a time.

Choose kindness. Open conversations about how words and actions affect others, and explore thoughtful choices children can make at home, at school, and with friends.Celebrate being yourself. Encourage self-acceptance and confidence while reminding children that differences are something to appreciate.Practice empathy. Invite readers to consider someone else's feelings and look beyond first impressions.Find the courage to speak up. Use the story's anti-bullying themes to discuss supporting someone who is being treated unkindly and asking a trusted adult for help.Make room for others. Explore friendship, belonging, and the small gestures that can help a child feel noticed, valued, and welcome.Connect confidence with humility. Talk about feeling proud of who you are while listening to others and treating them with respect.Keep the kindness conversation goingWhat does choosing kindness look like when someone is different from you?How can you help someone who feels left out?What could you say if you heard a hurtful comment?What makes you unique, and what do you appreciate about a friend?Extend storytime by drawing a kind act, practicing welcoming words, or sharing one way to include someone today. These simple activities invite children to connect the story's message with their own experiences.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1951203100
• ISBN13: 9781951203108
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Happy and Fun Lifestyle LLC
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 24 months and up